Parc La Fontaine

Description:

• The European-style park in Plateau Mont-Royal is one of the city's oldest and most popular. Illustrating the traditional dual identities of the city's populace, half the park is landscaped in the formal French manner, the other in the more casual English style. The central lake is used for pedal boating in summer and ice-skating in winter. Snowshoe and cross-country trails wind through trees in winter, as do bike paths in the warmer months, and there are tennis courts on the premises. An open amphitheater, the Théâtre de Verdure, features free outdoor theater, movies, and tango dancing in summer. The northern end is more pleasant than the southern end (along rue Sherbrooke), which seems to attract a seedier crowd.

• © Frommer's 2012